Abbreviations for Writing Personals

• M: Male
• F: Female
• A: Asian
• G: Gay
• J: Jewish or Japanese
• 4: refers to "for" or "looking for"
• 420 (or 4:20): refers to cannabis. (See 420 (drug culture).)
• B&D (also B/D): Bondage and Discipline
• BBW: Big Beautiful Woman
• BDSM: Bondage and Discipline, Domination and Submission, Sado Masochism
• BF: Black Female, or Boy Friend
• Bi: Bisexual
• BiF: Bisexual Female
• BiM: Bisexual Male
• CD: Cross Dresser
• D/D: drug and disease
• Dom: Male Dominant partner/participant in BDSM
• Domme: Female Dominant partner/participant in BDSM
• D/s: Domination and Submission - lowercased "s" signifies power exchange
• DTE: Down-to-earth
• GBM: Gay Black Male
• GF: Gay Female (Lesbian), or Girl Friend
• GG: Genetic Girl/Real Girl/All-Girl as opposed to a TV/TS/TG "girl"
• GHM: Gay Hispanic Male
• GWC: Gay White Couple
• GWF: Gay White Female
• GWM: Gay White Male
• Het: Heterosexual
• HWP: Height Weight Proportional: indicates an 'ideal' body weight
• IRL: In Real Life: face to face meeting
• ISO: In Search Of
• LTR: Long Term Relationship
• M4M: Man seeking man
• M4MW: Man seeking man and woman
• M4T:Male seeking transsexual or transvestite (cross dresser)
• M4W: Man seeking woman
• MBC: Married Black Couple
• MBiC: Married Bisexual Couple
• MHC:Married Hispanic Couple
• MOTOS: Member of the Opposite Sex
• MOTSS: Member of the Same Sex
• MW4M: Man and woman seeking man
• MW4MW: Man and woman seeking man and woman
• MW4W: Man and woman seeking woman
• MWC: Married White Couple
• NS: Non-Smoking
• NSA: No Strings Attached
• Pre-Op: Pre-Operational Transsexual with genatalia unaltered, typically male-to-female
• RTS: Real-Time Sex
• S&M (also S/M): Sado Masochism
• SAE: Self Addressed Stamped Envelope
• SASE: Self Addressed Stamped Envelope
• SBF: Single Black Female
• SBM: Single Black Male
• SBiF: Single Bisexual Female
• SBiM: Single Bisexual Male
• STD: Sexually Transmitted Disease
• SWF: Single White Female
• SWM: Single White Male
• Str8: Straight (not bisexual or gay)
• sub: (also subby or subbie) Submissive partner/participant in BDSM note: lowercased letters usued to signify power exchange
• TG: Transgendered person
• TS: (also Transexual or Tranny) Transsexual person, typically male-to-female
• TV: Transvestite person
• TLC: Tender Loving Care
• W/E: Well Endowed: larger than average male organ
• W/S: Watersports
• W4M: Woman seeking man
• W4MW: Woman seeking man and woman
• W4W: Woman seeking woman
• WLTM: Would Like To Meet